Photo Credit: Rammstein German industrial metal band Rammstein has partnered with Balenciaga for some luxury merch. The unisex apparel comes with a custom-curated playlist and is luxury-priced. The hoodie cost $1,000 before it sold out, and there’s a fanny pack for $850. The luxury merch features an image of all the band’s members and the […]
Photo Credit: Amazon Amazon is offering six months of free music with its second-gen Echo Buds release. The new generation of Alexa-enabled hearables from Amazon are only $99 for a limited time. They come in Black or Glacier White and Amazon has its sights set firmly on both Apple and Spotify with this offer. Offering […]
French Montana’s Calabasas crib is back on the market. The “Unforgettable” rapper has re-listed his 7,786-square-foot Mediterranean-style mansion for $4.99 million, a reduction from its previous $6.6 million price last year. Montana purchased the guard-gated home from Selena Gomez in 2016 for $3.3 million, over $1 million under her original asking price of $4.5 million…. Read More
Two weeks after his death, DMX’s family and friends will honor him with a public memorial. The event will be held on Saturday, April 24, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, X’s former manager, Steve Rifkind tells TMZ. Details are still being figured out, including ticketing and how many people will be allowed inside the 17,000-seat… Read More
You’ve played lots of games in your life — enough to know that you could probably do things a little better if given the opportunity. If you ever wonder what your dream game would look like, learning to code is the first step to creating a dynamic digital world to play in. And as it… Read More
The big dogs at Big Sync Music: Music Supervisor Lisa James (l) and Director, Client Services Alex Menck (photos: Big Sync Music) What are the emerging trends in sync music this year? We asked two of the music industry’s leading music supervisors to relay some stories from the front lines. The following was created with […]
The King of R&B is back with the QueMix. Jacquees celebrates his 27th birthday by dropping the fourth installment in his QueMix mixtape series. Hosted by DJ Drama, the 13-track Gangsta Grillz edition features his remixes of late ’90s and early 2000s R&B joints. Jacquees puts his spin on Brandy’s “I Wanna Be Down,” Donell… Read More
Music industry veteran Nikki Hart Caldeira, LiveXLive’s new SVP of strategic development. Photo Credit: LiveXLive Here’s a recap of recent executive shuffles — including both hirings and in-house promotions — from across the music industry. If you have a job shuffle to share, we’re all ears. Send us a note to [email protected] If you’d like […]
Photo Credit: Giorgio Trovato Apple Music streaming royalties are roughly double what Spotify pays artists, according to a new report. The Wall Street Journal obtained an advanced look at a letter Apple Music sent to artists. The disclosure was delivered today via the artists’ dashboard in Apple Music and was sent to labels and publishers. […]
Lil Nas X’s father is coming to his defense. Earlier in the week, video surfaced of what appears to be Nas’ mother homeless on the streets of Atlanta begging for money. Without knowing the full story, social media critics slammed the “Montero” rapper for not taking care of his mom and getting her help despite… Read More